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REMINDER: CFP for Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies
by Meg Smith 31 Dec '15

31 Dec '15

(Apologies for cross-posting) Paper and session proposals for the Fourth Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies (Saint Louis University, June 20-22, 2016) are due today, December 31. Proposals are welcome from any area of medieval and Renaissance studies, including digital humanities. -- Meg Smith, M.A. PhD student, Medieval History Graduate assistant, Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Saint Louis University

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS: CAPAL 2016 Conference -- Deadline extended to January 15, 2016
by Harriet Sonne de Torrens 22 Dec '15

22 Dec '15

*** With apologies for duplication --- Good Wishes for the Season! *** PLEASE NOTE: Deadline for Proposals extended to January 15th, 2016<x-apple-data-detectors://2>. The Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarianship (CAPAL) is hosting its 2016 Conference in Calgary, Alberta, Canada: May 29-May 31, 2016 (preceded on May 28 with a pre-conference workshop on research). Please consider submitting a proposal for this conference. The formal Call for Proposals is attached in both English and French. ******************************************************************************* Harriet Sonne de Torrens, MISt., Ph.D., L.M.S.| Academic Librarian | HMALC Library and Department of Visual Studies, UTM | 905-569-4610 | https://utoronto.academia.edu/HarrietSonnedeTorrens https://utlibrarians.wordpress.com/ [Standardized Email Signature_96dpi]

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Beyond Words: Illuminated Manuscripts from Boston Collections
by Lisa Fagin Davis 18 Dec '15

18 Dec '15

Upcoming exhibit: *BEYOND WORDS: ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS FROM BOSTON COLLECTIONS* *CHURCH & CLOISTER (Houghton Library: Sept. 12 – Dec. 10, 2016)* *PLEASURE & PIETY (McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College: Sept. 12 – Dec. 11, 2016)* *ITALIAN RENAISSANCE BOOKS (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: Sept. 22, 2016 – Jan. 16, 2017)* An *international conference* linked to the exhibition with one day at each of the three venues will take place on Nov. 3–5, 2016. The collections in the Boston area constitute one of the most important ensembles of illuminated manuscript material anywhere in North America, yet they remain, in large measure, virtually unknown to scholars and the wider public alike. Conceived by Jeffrey F. Hamburger, Kuno Francke Professor of German Art & Culture at Harvard, in 2000, his first year at the university, the exhibition could not have been prepared and organized without the collaboration of a team of local manuscript experts with whom he searched the stacks and stores of libraries and museums on both sides of the Charles River for buried treasures of illumination. ** *Beyond Words* will be the first exhibition to showcase highlights of medieval and Renaissance illumination in the Boston area. It follows in the footsteps of other exhibitions which have vaunted the holdings of public collections in American and British cities, such as *Leaves of Gold: Treasures of Manuscript Illumination from Philadelphia Collections *(2001-2002)**and* Cambridge Illuminations *(2005). *Beyond Words*, however, is a far more ambitious collaborative metropolitan project, in terms of the size of its curatorial team, number of exhibits and lending institutions, and multi-venue display: The exhibition will be curated by a team of five manuscripts scholars with complementary expertise in the holdings and history of collections of manuscripts and early printed books in the Boston area: in addition to Jeffrey F. Hamburger, his Harvard colleague Dr. William P. Stoneman, Curator of Early Books and Manuscripts of the University’s Houghton Library, as well as Nancy Netzer, Professor of Art History and Director of the McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College; Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis, Executive Director of the Medieval Academy of America and co-author of the Directory of Collections in the United States and Canada with Pre- 1600 Manuscript Holdings, Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, (2015), an update to Seymour De Ricci’s Census; and Dr. Anne- Marie Eze, formerly Associate Curator of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and the first scholar to comprehensively study the museum’s rare books collection since the 1930s. 260 outstanding manuscripts and printed books dating from the ninth to seventeenth centuries have been carefully selected from Boston-area repositories. These include numerous masterpieces by well-known artists, such as Lippo Vanni, Benedetto Bordon, Jean Poyer, Jean Bourdichon, Simon Bening, and the Boucicaut and Rohan masters, as well as many others no less notable for being anonymous. Identifiable patrons include such renowned figures as Charles V of France, Jean, duc de Berry, Pope Sixtus IV, Borso d’Este, and Isabella d’Este among many others. These precious volumes will be loaned by eighteen local institutions are: The Armenian Museum and Library of America; The Boston Athenaeum; Burns Library, Boston College; School of Theology Library, Boston College; Boston University; The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Boston Public Library, Brandeis University, Harvard University Law School; the Countway Library, Harvard Medical School; the Houghton Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Harvard University; the Harvard Divinity School—Andover- Harvard Theological Library of the Harvard University Divinity School; the Baker Library, Harvard Business School; the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Northeastern University; Tufts University, and Wellesley College. As well as lending manuscripts, these institutions are also contributing the time and expertise of their in-house conservators and photographers, whose are working hard to prepare for display and digitize the manuscripts, many of which have never been exhibited to the public or previously reproduced. *Beyond Words* will be exhibited at three venues on both sides of the Charles River: Harvard University’s Houghton Library in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Boston College’s McMullen Museum of Art, where it will be the inaugural exhibition in the museum’s new building, a renovation of the neo-Renaissance palazzo built as a residence for Boston's archbishop by the architectural firm Maginnis and Walsh in 1927, and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Each venue will highlight one of the three principal contexts for the production of books in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and related developments in design, script and decoration. The volumes will be presented to the public as the idealized libraries of three readers—the monk at the Houghton, lay person at Boston College and humanist prince at the Gardner Museum—to vividly bring to life books produced for the communal use of religious institutions; collections that served the educational, professional, and spiritual needs of individuals; and the magnificent libraries that proclaimed the power and cultivation of Renaissance rulers. The exhibition will be accompanied by a single scholarly catalogue with essays and entries written by an international cohort of around eighty- five American and European scholars, including François Avril, Susan L’Engle, James Marrow, Scot Mckendrick, Lillian Armstrong, Federica Toniolo and Maria Thiesen. It will be edited by *Beyond Words’s* curatorial team and published by Boston College. The exhibition is supported by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities as well as by private donors.

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Two Digital Medievalist/Digital Humanities talks in Bolzano Dec 21
by Sara L. Uckelman 17 Dec '15

17 Dec '15

The KRDB (Knowledge Rapresentation meets Databases) group at the University of Bolzen/Bolzano will have back-to-back talks in their Digital Humanities seminar on Monday, December 21, both of which deal with medieval content: Pt. 1 (Dr. Sara L. Uckelman, Durham University) Digital Humanities, Lexicography, and Big Data: The Case of the Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources Pt. 2 (Dr. Joel Uckelman, Stroz Friedberg, London) Building the Infrastructure for the Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources from Common Household Open-Source Tools For more info, see http://www.unibz.it/en/public/university/eventsOverview.html?NewsID=114779 Cheers, -Sara -- Dr. Sara L. Uckelman Department of Philosophy Durham University https://www.dur.ac.uk/philosophy/staff/?id=12928 The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources http://dmnes.org/

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5 positions offered at LINHD for a DH project
by Elena González-Blanco 16 Dec '15

16 Dec '15

**Apologies for cross-posting** Dear colleagues, We are pleased to offer 5 Digital Humanities positions in Madrid, associated to the European Project ERC-Stg-2015 POSTDATA: “Poetry Standardization and Linked Open Data”, led by Elena González-Blanco, which will last from 2016-2020. This project proposes a semantic linked open data model to deal with interoperability issues between the different poetic languages and traditions. It proposes a double level of standardization, which starts at the philological roots of the terminology used by the different literatures, to transform it into flexible structures filled with controlled vocabularies to build a digital platform to edit, analyze and share poetry.Candidates will work in an interdisciplinary environment at LINHD, the Digital Humanities Innovation Lab at UNED in Madrid www.linhd.uned.es· 2 Post-Doctoral positions, with Humanities (preferably literary or linguistic) background, and DH expertise and training to deal with poetry issues (especially focused on Spanish, Italian and French poetry). Relevant doctoral university degree (or research experience of at least four years), preferably in the Humanities, with Digital Humanities skills and experience. Appointment will last for 4 years, with possibilities of further consolidation. PhD students with extraordinary cv and training might be considered to cover these positions too.· 1 PhD position in computer science or digital humanities. The candidate must have a computer science background and will take care of some of the programming tasks, but especially in ontology development. Programming knowledges are required, but especially knowledge of semantic web technologies, linked open data, ontology design, standards, and metadata. Appointment will last for 5 years.· 1 Programmer position. The candidate must show strong programming abilities in several languages: especially desired are Java, PHP, Phython, Javascript and SQL. Web design, XML based languages and CMS management (especially Wordpress and Drupal), and knowledge of Linux is also required.· A Half-time project manager position. Expertise with H2020 or FP7 European projects is required. Skills in documentation management, accounting knowledges and high English level is required for this position.General requirements for candidates are: - Motivation to work in an interdisciplinary team in an academic environment, focused on academic curricula, continuous team training (through attending to conferences and workshops), with a special focus on publications and academic outputs. - A good understanding of the role that digital technology can play in transforming our literary and cultural world approaching poetry to society thanks to technology. - A flexible, supportive and collaborative working style, with effective leadership and communication skills. - Excellent IT and digital skills, including web development, content and database management, and an understanding of poetry idiosyncratic world. - Good knowledge of current trends, standards and practices in the use of digital technology within the literary and linguistic projects. - Enthusiasm in taking part of and developing an academic specialized and leading group in digital poetry, semantic web technologies and digital humanities. Salaries will be paid according to the academic level proposed according to the Spanish established salaries for the university positions. For best consideration, applications should be submitted no later than January 8th, 2015, but as soon as possible. Review will continue until positions are filled. Personal interviews will take place during the second half of January. Contracts will start in February or March. Candidates must send a cv and a motivation letter to egonzalezblanco(a)linhd.uned.es For any questions about the project or the positions or the project, do not hesitate in contacting me. Best regards, Elena González-BlancoDpto. de Literatura Española y Teoría de la Literatura, Despacho 722Facultad de Filología, UNEDPaseo Senda del Rey 7 28040 MADRID tel. 91 3986873www.uned.es/remetca http://filindig.hypotheses.org/ http://linhd.uned.eswww.uned.es/personal/elenagonzalezblanco@elenagbg Queridos amigos: Tengo el placer de comunicarles que desde el Laboratorio de Innovación en Humanidades Digitales de la UNED estamos ofreciendo 5 puestos de trabajo en Humanidades Digitales en Madrid, asociados al Proyecto europeo ERC-Stg-2015 POSTDATA: “Poetry Standardization and Linked Open Data”, dirigido por Elena González-Blanco, cuya duración se extenderá entre los años 2016-2020. El proyecto tiene como objetivo la creación de un modelo semántico de datos enlazados abiertos que facilite la interoperabilidad entre las diferentes tradiciones poéticas y sus correspondientes proyectos digitales. Propone un doble sistema de estandarización que parte de las raíces filológicas de las diferentes tradiciones poéticas, con el fin de abstraer los conceptos transformándolos en un sistema flexible estructurado, una ontología, poblada de vocabularios controlados que, integrada en una plataforma digital, permita editar, indizar, analizar y compartir colecciones de poesía a los usuarios en diferentes lenguas.Se ofrecen 5 contratos, cuyo trabajo se desarrollará en el marco del Laboratorio de Innovación de Humanidades Digitales de la UNED www.linhd.uned.es con las siguientes características· 2 contratos postdoctorales de 4 años de duración cada uno, para candidatos con una formación humanística (preferentemente doctorados en filología y con perfil de literatura, lingüística o métrica), en español, francés o italiano. Se requiere experiencia de trabajo en proyectos de Humanidades Digitales o estudios realizados en este campo. Excepcionalmente se aceptarán candidatos no doctores para estos puestos si su cv demuestra que cuentan con la calidad requerida.· 1 contrato predoctoral de 5 años para un estudiante de doctorado con formación en informática. El candidato se ocupará de tareas de programación, pero desarrollará su investigación y tareas en el campo del desarrollo de ontologías y de web semántica. Se requieren conocimientos de lenguajes de programación, pero especialmente familiaridad con las tecnologías de la web semántica, el diseño de ontologías, y los estándares de metadatos.· 1 contrato de programador experto. El candidato debe contar con experiencia en programación en diferentes lenguajes, y en especial, Java, PHP, Phython, Javascript y SQL. Se requieren también conocimientos de diseño y tecnologías web (lenguajes basados en XML) y manejo de CMS (en especial Wordpress y Drupal), además de conocimientos de Linux.· 1 contrato de media jornada para un Project Manager. Imprescindible contar con experiencia en gestión de proyectos europeos H2020 o FP7. Se requieren conocimientos de manejo de documentos legales, contabilidad y alto nivel de inglés. Los candidatos a todos estos puestos deberán además tener: - Motivación para trabajar en un equipo interdisciplinar en un entorno académico centrado en el currículum universitario, en el que la formación continuada juega un papel fundamental (mediante la asistencia a congresos, cursos y seminarios), y la producción en forma de publicaciones es esencial. - Un buen entendimiento del papel esencial que la tecnología juega en la transformación del mundo literario y cultural, materializado en la aproximación de la poesía a la sociedad mediante la tecnología. - Una forma de trabajar flexible, colaborativa con un liderazgo efectivo y capacidad de comunicación. - Excelentes competencias tecnológicas, que incluyan el desarrollo web, el manejo de datos y contenidos en bases de datos y una sensibilidad y comprensión hacia el idiosincrático mundo de la poesía. - Un buen conocimiento de las tendencias actuales, estándares y prácticas en el uso de la tecnología digital aplicada a proyectos literarios y lingüísticos. - Entusiasmo y ganas de formar parte de un grupo académico líder que abra una línea de investigación fuerte especializada en tratamiento digital de la poesía, web semántica, datos enlazados y humanidades digitales. · Los sueldos se pagarán de acuerdo con las cantidades establecidas para los niveles propuestos en la universidad española. Las solicitudes deben enviarse antes del 8 de enero de 2015 (preferentemente lo antes possible), y se aceptarán hasta que los puestos se hayan cubierto. Se realizarán entrevistas en persona durante la segunda quincena de enero y los contratos comenzarán en febrero o marzo. Los candidatos deben enviar un cv y una carta de motivación a egonzalezblanco(a)linhd.uned.es Pueden escribir a esta misma dirección si desean conocer más detalles acerca del proyecto o los puestos ofrecidos. Saludos cordiales, Elena González-BlancoDpto. de Literatura Española y Teoría de la Literatura, Despacho 722Facultad de Filología, UNEDPaseo Senda del Rey 7 28040 MADRID tel. 91 3986873www.uned.es/remetca http://filindig.hypotheses.org/ http://linhd.uned.eswww.uned.es/personal/elenagonzalezblanco@elenagbg

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Digital Humanists at Work
by Barbara Bordalejo 15 Dec '15

15 Dec '15

Dear all, Please excuse cross posting. For an article exploring pluralism and diversity within Digital Humanities, we are gathering data about digital humanists, their environment, and their work. We have designed a very brief survey (it should take less than five minutes to complete) and would like your help with it. If you can spare a few minutes to fill up the answers, this will contribute to our understanding of the field and of the people who work within it. The survey can be found here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DHatWork Thank you for your support, Barbara Bordalejo Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities KU Leuven

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PostDoc job "Digital Editions" (DiXiT Experienced Researcher at University of Graz)
by Georg Vogeler 15 Dec '15

15 Dec '15

Job Offering: *Experienced Researcher/PostDoc* “Canonical reference & sustainability of digital editions” (40 hours/week; fixed-term employment for the period of 12 months, starting 1 April 2016) The Centre for Information Modeling – Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities at the University of Graz has rich experience in DH research and teaching and is involved in a variety of (inter)national projects. The main research area of the ZIM-ACDH is digital edition as a generalizable method of semantic and formal enrichment and analysis of research data from the humanities and cultural heritage domains. * Job Specifications* - The research fellow will do supervised research on “Canonical reference & sustainability of digital editions” in the Marie Curie Initial Training Network “DiXiT”. - It is crucial that digital scholarly editions are stable reference texts that embed in themselves established canonical reference systems and persistent identifiers (PIDs). The relationship between well-established reference systems and technical PID systems will be explored in order to contribute to a common resolving infrastructure. - The candidate will conduct theoretical research on canonical reference and human naming systems and their inherent logics, develop a proposal for a generic referencing system for digital editions and implement this system in the Graz FEDORA-Commons-Infrastructure GAMS ( http://gams.uni-graz.at/doku) as a proof of concept. * Professional Qualifications* - Relevant doctoral university degree (or research experience of at least four years), preferably in the Humanities. - Prior experience with scholarly editing and canonical reference systems. - Ability to present the subject in English (spoken and written). - High level of commitment and motivation for scientific work and international collaboration. *Formal Requirements* This position is funded through the Digital Scholarly Editions Initial Training Network (DiXiT). To download the mandatory Application Form, visit dixit.uni-koeln.de/fellowships/application/. Note that applicants - must be in possession of a doctoral degree (or have research experience of at least four years) and have less than five years of full-time equivalent research experience. - must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of their host organization (i.e. Austria) for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to recruitment. - must be willing to spend a time period of up to 2 months of their tenure at one of the DiXiT partner institutions. *Application Deadline: 29 January, 2016* Send your application, consisting of a letter of intent, your CV and a brief outline (up to 1 page) of a specific project you would like to realize in the context of this position by e-mail to zim(a)uni-graz.at or by regular mail to: Zentrum für Informationsmodellierung Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities University of Graz Elisabethstraße 59/III, A-8010 Graz The completed Application Form must be sent separately to: dixit-info(a)uni-koeln.de For further information see dixit.uni-koeln.de/fellowships/experienced-researchers/ or contact the Centre at zim(a)uni-graz.at or +43 316 380 2292.

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Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams - official launch
by Sien De Groot 15 Dec '15

15 Dec '15

οἶδα μὲν οἶδα σφαλμάτων πολλῶν γέμον <http://www.dbbe.ugent.be/occ/2101> www.dbbe.ugent.be/occ/2101 Dear colleagues and friends, We are delighted to announce the official launch of the Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams (DBBE), freely accessible at <http://www.dbbe.ugent.be> www.dbbe.ugent.be. Hosted by Ghent University, this database seeks to collect all book epigrams (or: metrical paratexts) found in Greek manuscripts up to 1500. You can search our corpus for a specific epigram or browse through it by a number of parameters such as date and type of manuscript. The information provided is based on catalogues, scholarly publications as well as our own consultation of manuscripts. We sincerely hope that DBBE will be of use for classicists and Byzantinists, literary scholars, linguists, palaeographers, art historians, and anyone generally interested in medieval manuscript culture. Please be aware that this is a beta release. We are constantly including new data and working hard to guarantee the accuracy of the information provided. Moreover, we are counting on your feedback in order to improve and expand our database. Comments, corrections as well as suggestions for the inclusion of new material will be warmly welcomed and duly acknowledged. We wish you an inspiring journey through the wondrous world of Byzantine book epigrams. For the whole DBBE team ( <http://www.dbbe.ugent.be/about> www.dbbe.ugent.be/about), Floris Bernard Marc De Groote Kristoffel Demoen Ilse De Vos Mark Janse Rachele Ricceri Dimitrios Skrekas Maria Tomadaki

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS: CAPAL 2016 Conference
by Harriet Sonne de Torrens 13 Dec '15

13 Dec '15

The Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarianship (CAPAL) is hosting its 2016 Conference in Calgary, Alberta, Canada: May 29-May 31, 2016 (preceded on May 28 with a pre-conference workshop on research). Please consider submitting a proposal for this conference. The formal Call for Proposals is attached in both English and French. Harriet. ******************************************************************************* Harriet Sonne de Torrens, MISt., Ph.D., L.M.S.| Academic Librarian | HMALC Library and Department of Visual Studies, UTM | 905-569-4610 | https://utoronto.academia.edu/HarrietSonnedeTorrens https://utlibrarians.wordpress.com/ [Standardized Email Signature_96dpi]

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Medieval Academy of America Annual Meeting
by Lisa Fagin Davis 11 Dec '15

11 Dec '15

Apologies for cross-posting. Please circulate! Boston Public Library MS f. Med. 101, f. 1r detail Christine de Pizan, *Le livre des trois vertus* [image courtesy of the Boston Public Library] Registration for the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America is now open (25-27 February 2016): http://medievalacademy.site-ym.com/events/event_details.asp?id=649605#[1] The Program, hotel information, and additional details are available on the Annual Meeting website: https://medievalacademy.site-ym.com/?page=Current_Meeting[2] Please contact the Medieval Academy of America with any questions about the Annual Meeting: info(a)themedievalacademy.org We look forward to seeing you in Boston! @MedievalAcademy #MAA2016 Links: 1. http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0019YMgP9Y4Zqd4-1vbP_fveeYuT4-ZAHS03xZ8zpip4EnR… 2. http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0019YMgP9Y4Zqd4-1vbP_fveeYuT4-ZAHS03xZ8zpip4EnR…

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